Chris Curtis

Chris Curtis ( born August 26, 1941 † 28 February 2005) was an English drummer and singer of the band The Searchers. He was a member of the band Roundabout, later renamed to Deep Purple.

Career

The Searchers

In 1960 he became a member of the band The Searchers and replaced the previous drummer Norman McGarry. In the coming six years, Curtis was an important part of the band. With his high-pitched voice, he contributed to the characteristic sound of the band. In the first half of the 1960s rivaled the, also from Liverpool band with the Beatles and could use some international hits such as Needles and Pins, Sugar and Spice and Do not Throw Your Love Away land.

Curtis wrote most of the songs of the band. As he often kept to himself outside of rehearsals and concerts, he was regarded by many as strange. George Harrison called him, for example, Mad Henry. Curtis left the Searchers in 1966, after a tour with the Rolling Stones.

After the Searchers

After leaving the band Curtis recorded his only single Aggravation, could reach the position 19 of the British charts. At the single Jimmy Page, Joe Moretti, John Paul Jones and Vic Flick were involved.

In 1967 he moved to London. There he met Jon Lord and decided to start a band together with this. As a guitarist Ritchie Blackmore they could win. Shortly thereafter, Curtis was fired from the band and they changed their name to Deep Purple. Their first hit single was Hush, a song that Curtis had months earlier played together with Lord in his apartment.

Subsequently, he had other projects, but they were less successful.

On 28 February 2005 Chris Curtis died.

Discography

• No One Else Could Love Me
• Another Heart Is Broken ( In The Game Of Life )
• He's Got No Love
• I'm Your Lovin 'Man
• Snakes And Snails
• Night-time ( with Sharon Sheeley )

• Deep Purple Member
• Drummer
• Rock musician
• British Musician
• Born in 1941
• Died in 2005
• Man